CEREC digital dentistry

The future of dental care – ceramic restorations measured, created and fitted at a single visit!

CEREC is a revolutionary computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technique which is transforming the nature of restorative dentistry – and it’s available right here in Northampton, at Cliftonville Dental.

This advanced, but well-proven, process enables us to design, produce and place individual ceramic restorations in a single appointment. Just think how this compares to other techniques, which would entail booking several appointments and waiting for lab work in between.

How CEREC works

During a single treatment, your dentist will control and carry out the entire process of restoring a damaged tooth. This begins with taking digital impressions, moving on to computer-based construction of the restoration and finishing with its creation (called ‘milling’). All of this takes place right here at our Northampton practice – no need to wait for results, send out specifications or commission construction.

The CEREC process from impression to fitting in just one visit:

After preparation of the tooth, your Cliftonville dentist will use an intraoral camera to capture a picture of the tooth to be restored and its surrounding area, taking care to record images showing how the bite will work.

These images are then used to custom-design and create a detailed image of the tooth restoration which your dentist can see on a monitor, without leaving the surgery itself. This accurate model is then transmitted wirelessly to a milling machine which manufactures the restoration from colour-matched ceramic material – this part of the process can take as little as 10 or 15 minutes!

Finally, your dentist will add the finishing touches to the restoration and fit it… all during a single visit to our practice!

CEREC computerised restorative dentistry offers you all these advantages:

Saves you time and the inconvenience of booking multiple appointments

Taking digital impressions is faster and more comfortable than the traditional method. This is great for patients who find impressions difficult to tolerate due to a strong gagging reflex

Soundly constructed, durable restorations – clinical studies reveal that the success rate of CEREC restorations is 95.5% following a period of nine years.

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